FEAR OF THE CAT

“Monster” is often a relative term—a perfectly ordinary creature can become a monster depending on your perspective. The inches-high heroine of The Secret World of Arietty, the animated Japanese film opening in the U.S. tomorrow, is confronted by a normal-sized cat who, to her, is a terrifying gargantuan (though her ultimate relationship to the animal is more complex).

Similarly…

Monster-of-the-Week: …the titular protagonist of Jack Arnold’s superb 1957 sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man sees his pet turn from an ordinary housecat into, well, this week’s honoree…

You can watch our hero’s encounter with the titanic tabby, here.